One would never think that Jeanie Libutti considers her Victorian-style home in North Baltimore a downsize. With stone steps leading up to a wraparound porch supported by seven columns, it is easy to imagine the elegance — and space — within.

June 20, 2013, is a date Sara Costello is not likely to forget. On that day, a fire started in the basement of her Butchers Hill rowhouse. The flames traveled quickly up two more stories, cutting a path through the center part of the 15-by-40-foot home.

Megan McSally and her fiance, Joe Marino, had one very important reason for moving into their 4,800-square foot Colonial-style home on an acre in West Friendship — the two have a combined seven children.

Gary and Rebecca Perlow did not set out to buy a condo at the Ritz-Carlton Residences off Key Highway in Baltimore's Inner Harbor area. After all, they lived right down the street in the Townes at HarborView.